What Comic Sans is "sans" (5)

I believe the answer is:

serif

(Other definitions for serif that I've seen before include "Feature in some fonts" , "Letter feature" , "Line on written letters" , "Style of type-face" , "Typeface decoration" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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